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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 2006
Page
1
Government data show young men in rural areas who drive pickups are among the least likely to wear seat belts. The Click It or Ticket campaign runs May 22 to June 4 with checkpoints, patrols, and ads backed by 31 million dollars in grants to boost belt use and enforcement nationwide.
Local governments face bids from a single asphalt contractor. L L Pelling Co of North Liberty dominates Cedar Rapids and Iowa City with 19 awards totaling 7.1 million dollars since 2004. Aspro is the Waterloo rival. City engineers say local funding supports about 10 million dollars in street projects with Aspro likely to secure most work.
President Bush plans a border plan that would send thousands of National Guard troops to assist Border Patrol along the U.S. Mexico border. The Guard would support agents while the patrol expands resources, with details to be announced in an Oval Office address.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist says the full Senate will begin debating the immigration bill today and expects passage within about two weeks after resolving differences with the House. The House version strengthens penalties for illegal activity and funds a 700 mile border fence, omitting guest worker provisions.
Sherri Scott, a 3-year-old girl pictured on her family’s mantle, vanished from 1916 South Ridge Dr as a plumber left suddenly a hour earlier. Neighbors and Coralville police swarmed the scene on National Missing Children’s Day, amid a growing Iowa missing person tally that reached 6,278 in 2005.
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